An East Texas eco-tourism guide admitted in federal court Tuesday to smuggling live snakes into Dallas/ Fort Worth International Airport.

William Lamar, 63, of Tyler, kept all seven snakes in his jacket during flights he took from Lima, Peru to Dallas in August 2012.

Lamar pleaded guilty to importing wildlife taken in violation of foreign law.

Lamar bought the snakes at a market in Lima. He took them aboard flights from Lima to Miami and then from Miami to Dallas.

The following day, TSA agents refused to let him board a commuter flight to Tyler with the snakes. So Lamar took a shuttle from the airport to his home in Tyler.

“Game Wardens went to Lamar’s residence and seized the snakes,” said the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Texas.

The U.S. attorney’s office added the following:

“Peruvian law prohibits the exportation of wild live animals coming from the forest or jungle region unless the exporter has a properly issued ministerial order authorizing the export for either scientific investigation or for cultural diffusion.

“Lamar admitted that he knew that Peruvian law prohibited the unauthorized exportation of wildlife in a jacket without proper authorization.”

Lamar faces up to five years in federal prison when he is later sentenced for the crime.

The Amber Alert issued for 4-year-old Lucas Calvert has been canceled after the child was found safe in West Monroe, La. James Calvert has been taken into custody after a short chase ensued with the West Monroe police, the Tyler Morning Telegraph reports.

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James Calvert (left), Lucas Calvert (right)

Tyler police have issued an Amber Alert for a missing 4-year-old boy who is believed to be in immediate danger.

Police suspect the child, Lucas Calvert, is with James Calvert, 41, who drives a 2000 Buick LeSabre, Texas license plate number DP4-G858. The man is a suspect in the fatal shooting of his ex-wife, reports KLTV (Channel 7) in Tyler. He was last heard from in Tyler, 95 miles east of Dallas.

Lucas is about 30-40 pounds and was last seen wearing gray sweat pants, a blue sweatshirt and has silver caps on some of his teeth. James Calvert has brown hair, brown eyes and is about 5-foot-9, 185 pounds. Police believe he is still armed.

If you have any information that might help authorities get Lucas home safely or information about the suspect, call the Tyler Police Department at 903-531-1000.

According to Channel 7 in Tyler, Calvert has been in jail on three charges of violating a protective order since 2009. He was also charged with aggravated assault/family violence in 1999. Several blocks are being shut down on the street where the shooting of the ex-wife happened and Texas Rangers are now on the scene.